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Guy Sion: Away

Read "Away" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The title of Israel-born, Oslo-based saxophonist Guy Sion's debut symbolizes his state of mind, having been away from home, moving from one place to another in the last decade--leaving Israel for music studies in Amsterdam, then moving to New York and finally settling in Oslo. Sion's original compositions reflect this long winding road-- modern American jazz ...

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Cortex: Göteborg

Read "Göteborg" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Norway's Cortex released its highly promising debut, Resection (Bolage), in 2011. The members of this high-octane quartet met during jazz studies in Trondheim, and began working as a band in 2007. Cortex follows the free jazz legacy of Ornette Coleman quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry, spicing it with wise, original compositions and uncompromising performances inspired by ...

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Steinar Raknes: Stillhouse

Read "Stillhouse" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Steinar Raknes is a man of many tastes. A founding member of the fiery modern jazz quartet The Core, a collaborator with lyrical jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg, co-leader of the SKÁIDI duo with yoik vocalist Inga Juuso, and leader of his own quartet that covers tango and bossa-nova classics, on Stillhouse, this Norwegian double bassist features ...

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Office Essentials

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Bolero; Brooklyn Serenade; Song for Eive; Free-Bird; The Shadow; New Thing.

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The Core: Office Essentials

Read "Office Essentials" reviewed by John Kelman


Those believing the Norwegian scene is all about Nordic Cool and electro-centric improv might change their minds after hearing The Core's Office Essentials. Owing as much to John Coltrane's classic mid-1960s quartet as it does the closer-to-home Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson Quartet of the 1970s, The Core is as far from cool as you can get; delivering ...

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The Core: Office Essentials / Meditations On Coltrane / The Indian Core

Read "The Core: Office Essentials / Meditations On Coltrane / The Indian Core" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The Core is one the most exciting jazz bands in Norway today. The group takes the legacy of saxophonist John Coltrane's classic quartet plus the 1960s' “new thing" innovations of fellow saxophonists Pharaoh Sanders and Archie Shepp, along with closer to home influences such as pianist Keith Jarrett's Scandinavian quartet of the 1970s--which featured Norwegians saxophonist ...

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Blue Sky

Label: Jazzaway
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cavemans Blues; Illiman Dance; Blue Sky, Blue Eyes; Shoot the Evil Dog; Indian Song.

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The Core: Blue Sky

Read "Blue Sky" reviewed by Tom Greenland


The Core is an exciting, highly energetic young band from Norway, consisting of Espen Aalberg (drums), Kjetil Møster (tenor, soprano saxophones), Erlend Slettevoll (piano) and Steinar Raknes (bass), with Nils Olav Johansen (guitar) sitting in. Drawing their inspiration from such '60s energy players as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler and John Coltrane, these former schoolmates ...


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